A Knocker of pure Gold
MR. JAMES PAYN has just been telling that at Ottford, in Kent, there was formerly a place of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in which Wolsey is said to…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
49 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 3
The Jerusalem Creek Mines
A CORRESPONDENT writing from this field, says :—"At the mouth of Jerusalem Creek, near the ocean, several leads of gold have been found, and further prospecting would,…
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THE five Government prospecting parties, under the direction of Mr. D. Munro, of Ballina, are hard at work sinking in the sands and seeking another load. Each party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Search for the Catterthun Gold
THE fates meteorologically are hostile, to the Catterthun gold-seekers. Weeks ago the salvage steamers Mermaid and Sophia Ann set out fully equipped with capable divers to pick up the precious…
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A CORRESPONDENT at Nadjingomar informs the local paper that the great dam erected across the Nadjingomar Creek by the Spa Hydraultio Sluicing Company to provide…
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THE steamer Swansea returned to Sydney last Friday evening from the wreck of the steamer Catterthun, at Seal Rocks, where operations are now being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Sulphur
A NEW way to mine sulphur is now being used, which lessens the cost of mining very materially, and brings up the valuable mineral in a state which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Australian Goldfields. More Sensational Finds
KALGOORLIE, Saturday.—A lode formation of sensational, richness has been struck, in the Waratah mine at Bardoe. A shaft was sunk 100ft., when a lode formation was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Legislation
THE country is to be congratulated on the progress of mining legislation in the Assembly within the last week or two, and the fact that this progress has been made completely disproves…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rewards for the Discovery of Goldfields
THERE appears in the Government Gazette of the 3rd instant the following notifica-tions:-"Notice is hereby given that the sums undermentioned will be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Australian Gold Mines
THE following extracts go to show that English investors will soon have their eyes opened about some of the big companies which were heralded with such a blowing of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Currency of Great Britain
As the results of an inquiry into the state of the gold currency of Great Britain, it appears that taking the circulation, the percentage of light sov[?]eign's, fell from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Catterthun GOld. Good Sovercigns Recovered. How the Gold Was Got From the Wreck
CAPTAIN John Hall to a representative of the HERALd told how the gold from the Catterthun was recovered. He said it was in May last that…
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WHEN the salvage steamer Sophis Ann arrived in Sydney bringing with jher the hores of gold an coin that had been recovered from the wreck of the Catterthun the seven boxes of gold were brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Catterthun Gold. the World's Diving Record
WRITING from Bun Bungwall Flat, under date 19th August, the special correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph reports having paid a visit to the salvage steamer Sophia Ann, in…
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TOUCHING the sesational reports about the Yulgilbar field that have recently appeared in the Australian Star, the special reporter of the Clarence Examiner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some West Australian Mines
VERY few people know that the famous Great Boulder, Lake View Consols, Ivanhoe, Associated, and several other big Kalgoorlie mines, are the outcome…
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THE ARGUS has the following concerning the receipts of West Australian gold at the Melbourne Mint. Very little West Australian gold reaches the Sydney Mint (only…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Yulgilbar Goldfield. Disappointed Diggers Returning
THE Milling Reporter of the Sydney Daily Telegraph wired from Grafton on Sunday last :—I have just returned from Yulgilbar, which is situated on the Clarence River, about…
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THE bill drafted by the Victorian Minister for Mines to subsidise and enable companies to further develop gold mining provides that £75,000 shall be set…
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